Ebola in Nigeria: Fears contacts could test positive mount

•Prof Tomori asks authorities to prepare •Nigeria’s real test is inside its hospitals •Can health workers count on running water, sanitizer, protective equipment?
By Chioma Obinna
The tap is there. But is there water? The sanitiser dispenser is mounted on the wall. But is it filled? And if a patient walks into a hospital with symptoms that raise suspicion of a dangerous infection, will the health worker attending to that patient have the protective equipment needed to stay safe?
These questions may sound routine. But as Nigeria confronts a confirmed case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease, they go to the heart of a more difficult question: how prepared are the country’s hospitals to ...